Data center · Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States
Meta data center
Meta data center is a data center in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States, with an 83,366 m² building, operated by Meta. It is in an area of high water stress.
Power and water
Water stress here is high: withdrawals take 67.2% of the renewable water supply of its sub-basin (WRI Aqueduct 4.0, baseline, score 3.8 of 5).
Distances run between the points of the records. How the grid and plants nearby are found; water stress from WRI Aqueduct 4.0.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Rutherford County, North Carolina | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Meta | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water stress | High (40–80%) (score 3.8 of 5, withdrawals 67.2% of renewable supply) | WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Building footprint | 83,366 m² (building, 4 buildings) | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 35.3166, -81.8251 | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this data center and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its power supply, grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow its operator compares
Meta owns 41 of the 1,336 data centers in the United States in our data with a named owner; 8 owners have more. Counts cover the data centers in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Operator in United States | Rank | Data centers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services | 1st | 149 | 11% |
| Digital Realty Trust | 2nd | 90 | 6.7% |
| Microsoft | 3rd | 66 | 4.9% |
| Amazon Data Services Inc. | 4th | 60 | 4.5% |
| 5th | 58 | 4.3% | |
| Meta | 9th | 41 | 3.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this data center: 5 power plants (4,595 MW) and 5 mines (4 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James E. Rogers Energy Complex | Power plant | 1,531 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Broad River Mine | Mine | — | Operating | 23 km |
| Broad River Energy Center | Power plant | 985 MW | Operating | 35 km |
| Martin Mine | Mine | — | Closed | 40 km |
| Mill Creek (SC) | Power plant | 799 MW | Operating | 40 km |
| Moss Mill & Mines | Mine | — | Operating | 42 km |
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Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Texas Comptroller qualifying data centers. Texas Comptroller qualifying data centers, Public domain.
- Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits. Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits, Public records.
- Kuzma, S., M.F.P. Bierkens, S. Lakshman, T. Luo, L. Saccoccia, E. H. Sutanudjaja, and R. Van Beek. 2023. Aqueduct 4.0: Updated Decision-Relevant Global Water Risk Indicators. Technical Note. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. doi.org/10.46830/writn.23.00061. WRI Aqueduct 4.0, CC BY 4.0.